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Under the Weather Today
By Daddy
Unknown — So I'm spending the day in bed sleeping.
One of the unexpected bills is now paid so yea for the Norway and their privacy laws, we have mail for another year. I have a week or two on the other bill.
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'School of Rock's Brian Falduto Releases Song for Queer Youth of Faith
By Donald Padgett
Cyberspace — “I waited my whole life for the truth that God loves me just the way that I am – and that I don’t have to change myself or do anything to earn that love,” Falduto tells Out. “This song is for that kid sitting in a church pew somewhere that hasn’t been told that yet.” (More)
Surprise $250K Donation Saves Historic Stonewall Inn
By Adrian Garcia
Manhattan/New York — Faced with mounting bills and uncertainty around when it can reopen, the Stonewall Inn launched an online fundraiser this month to ensure the iconic LGBTQ landmark won’t close its doors for good.
The Greenwich Village bar on Monday received a $250,000 donation just days after the establishment warned the coronavirus pandemic might force it to close permanently. (More)
'High School Musical' Character Was Gay, Confirms Trilogy's Director
By Kilian Melloy
Hollywood — The director of all three "High School Musical" movies, Kenny Ortega, has confirmed what fans knew all along: The character of Ryan Evans, played by Lucas Grabeel, was conceptualized as being gay. (More)
Federal Judge Rules South Dakota Prison Porn Ban Overly Broad
By Lawrence Avery
Sioux Falls — In a lawsuit that has dragged on for nearly a decade, a federal judge on Monday ruled that South Dakota prison system policy that bans porn for inmates is unconstitutional, because it is too “sweeping” and could actually prevent prisoners from reading the Bible or many works of great literature, according to a report by The Argus Leader newspaper. (More)
ABC News Reporter James Longman Surprises Boyfriend Alex Brannan With Marriage Proposal
By Staff
Unknown — James Longman, the ABC News Nightline reporter we last featured here when he came out to General Apti Alaudinov, the head of the Chechen police force, in a brave segment on that Russian republic’s gay purge, is now engaged to his boyfriend Alex Brannan. His future mother-in-law recorded the segment in a touching video posted to Instagram. (More)
Meet Jari Jones, the Black Trans Plus-Sized Calvin Klein Model
By Josh Milton
Queens/New York — Model Jari Jones was surrounded by her friends and she craned her neck high to see the Calvin Klein billboard. Her friends carried signs bearing “Black Lives Matter”, cheering on the face of the fashion brand’s LGBT+ Pride campaign, while her mother on a FaceTime call gushed. (More)
“The Politician” Actor Theo Germaine Is Playing the Most Refreshing Trans Character on Television
By Sam Manzella
Netflix — hen actor Theo Germaine first heard about the role of James Sullivan in Ryan Murphy’s The Politician, they were still working their day job: slinging lattes at a coffee shop in Chicago.
That was about a year ago, but it seems like it could’ve been a lifetime. Since then, the Illinois native—who is nonbinary and uses they/them and he/him pronouns—scored the part, relocated to Los Angeles three days later to starting filming, and made their major onscreen debut when the series hit Netflix on September 27. (More)
Arthur J. Bressan, Jr., Captures Early San Francisco Gay Liberation
By Gary M. Kramer
Hollywood — Two adult classics made in the 1970s by the late gay filmmaker Arthur J. Bressan, Jr., have been restored for streaming on PinkLabel.tv. “Passing Strangers” (1974) is now available; a second, “Forbidden Letters” (1976) will stream in August. (More)
David France on Risking His Life to Reveal the Horror of a Queer Holocaust in ‘Welcome to Chechnya’
By David Reddish
Unknown — David France returns with another harrowing feature. Welcome to Chechnya details the LGBTQ purges of Eastern Europe, specifically in Russia and the nation-state of Chechnya. In the film, France follows several Russian queer activists who risk their lives to help their community, smuggling LGBTQ people–and their families–out of Russia and into safe houses in Europe and Canada. France also uncovers how Russian President Vladamir Putin has orchestrated the purges as a way of consolidating his power, and how LGBTQ people, as well as anyone associated with a queer person, can endure harassment, torture, or simply disappear into the night. (More)
